Major League Baseball presents FanDuel baseball fans with a National League matchup featuring the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let’s take a look at this MLB game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game showdown contest.
FanDuel Single Game Contest Rules
Here are the FanDuel single game contest rules. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The MVP accumulates 1.5x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value. Additionally, the MVP is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining five players in your lineup will be flex plays. The five flex positions will receive the standard FanDuel points value. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) FanDuel single game contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game contest, I highly recommend that you check out the FanDuel website for more details.
*It should be noted that FanDuel does not utilize the pitcher position in single game MLB contests. Having stated that, only batters are available for single game MLB lineups on the FanDuel platform.
Here are my FanDuel picks for this evening’s Padres vs. Dodgers matchup.
FanDuel MLB DFS Picks
MVP-Manny Machado, Third Baseman, San Diego Padres $9,800
On Wednesday night, Major League Baseball presents the third game of a four-game National League series featuring the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
How are these two teams playing entering tonight’s National League game? The San Diego Padres arrive at the third game of this four-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers playing below average baseball. More specifically, the San Diego Padres have lost five of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks five days ago.
In direct contrast to the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers are currently playing good baseball entering this evening’s game. The Dodgers have won five of the team’s last six games played in the 2025 MLB regular season, including a 5-4 win over the San Francisco Giants last week.
Now that we have identified how both of these teams are currently playing let’s shift our attention to this evening’s contest. Third Baseman Manny Machado has certainly been an important part of the San Diego Padres starting lineup this season. With that said, how has the veteran third baseman performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s examine Machado’s relevant game data from the 2025 MLB regular season to answer that question.
In the 70 games that San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado has played in the 2025 MLB regular season, Machado has compiled a rather impressive .320 batting average (tenth in MLB), ten home runs, 29 walks, eight stolen bases, 45 RBIs (runs batted in) and 48 runs scored.
Last month, in the San Diego Padres 5-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves, Padres third baseman Manny Machado played exceptionally well. In the Padres win over the Braves, Machado amassed two hits (one home run), one double, two runs scored and one RBI. It should also be noted that in the Padres defeat of Atlanta, Machado compiled a massive 27.9 FanDuel points.
In my view, Manny Machado’s reasonable FanDuel price of $9,800 presents the best fantasy value on this slate. For that specific reason, I am rolling with San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado at the MVP position for this one game MLB DFS slate.
Flex plays I like in this game (FanDuel price noted): Fernando Tatis Jr., Outfielder (San Diego Padres) $12,000: Shohei Ohtani, Outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) $16,400: Mookie Betts, Second Baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers) $10,200.